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Sheridan's Ride 



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BY 



T. BUCHANAN READ. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS 

ON WOOD, FROM DESIGNS ESPECIALLY 

PREPARED FOR THIS EDITION. 





PHILADELPHIA 



J. B. LIPPIN0(3*JI1". COMPANY. 



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Copyright, 1S90, by J. B. Lippincott Cumpany. 



DRAWINGS, 



SHERIDAN'S RIDE. 



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' up from the South at break of day, 
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, 
The affrighted air with a shudder bore, 
Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door. 



List of Illustrations. 



Up FKfiM THE South at ureak of day. 



And widek still those billows ok war thiindeked along the houizon s har. 



III. 

" A steeu as black as the steeds of night was seen to pass, as with eagle flight. ^ 



IV. 
"Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South." 



V. 
'Under his spurning feet the road like an .xrrowy Alpine river flowed."''^ 



And the w.we of reireat checked its course there. 



VII. 

Hurrah! hurr.mi for Sheridan! Hurrah! hurrah for horse and man!" ^ 



VIII. 
" Here is the steed that saved the day." V 



TIP from the South at break of day, 

Bruiging to Winchester fresh dismay, 
The affrighted air with a shudder bore, 
Like a herakl in haste, to the chieftain's door, 
The terrible o-rumble, and rumble, and roar, 
Tellinof the battle was on once more. 
And Sheridan twenty miles away. 




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"And wider still those billows of war 
Thundered along the horizon's bar : 
And louder yet into Winchester rolled 
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled.' 



A ND wider, still those billows ot^ war 
Thundered along- the horizon's bar ; 
And louder yet into Winchester rolled 
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled. 
Making the blood of the listener cold, 
As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray, 
And Sheridan twenty miles away. 




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And there, through the flush ol Uit- morning light, 
A steed as black as the steeds of night 
Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight." 



DUT there is a roatl from Winchester town, 

A good broad highway leading down ; 
And there, through the flush of the niorning light, 
A steed as black as the steeds of night 
Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight. 
As if he knew the terrible need ; 
He stretched away with his utmost speed ; 
Hills rose and fell ; but his heart was o;-av. 
With Sheridan fifteen miles away. 






"Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thundering South, 
The dust, like smoke from the cannon's month ; 
Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster. 
Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. " 



QTILL sprung from those swift hoofs, tlumdenng 



South, 



The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth; 

Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and taster, 

Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. 

The heart of the steed, and the heart of the master. 

Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, 

Impatient to be where the battle-field calls; 

Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, 

With Sheridan only ten miles away. 




Under his spuruiui^ Iccl Uic ludd 
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, 
And the landscape sped away behind 
Ivike an ocean flying before the wind. 



T TNDER his spurning feet the road 

Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, 
And the landscape sped away behind 
Like an ocean flying before the wind, 
And the steed, like a barque fed with furnace ire, 
Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. 
But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; 
He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, 
With Sheridan only five miles away. 



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nPHE first that the general saw were the groups 

Of stragglers, and then the retreating- troops. 
What was clone ? what to do ? a glance told him both ; 
Then, striking his spurs, with a terrible oath, 
He dashed down the line, 'mid a storni ot huzzas. 
And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because 
The sight of the master compelled it to pause. 
With foam and with dust, the black charger was gray ; 
By the flash of his eye, and the red nostril's play, 
He seemed to the whole great army to say, 
" I have brought you Sheridan all the way 
From Winchester, down to save the day !" 




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LJURRAH! hurrah for Sheridan' 

Hurrah ! hurrah for horse and man ! 
And when their statues are placed on high, 
Under the dome of the Union sky, 
The American soldiers' Temple ot Fame, 
There, with the glorious general's name, 
Be it said, in letters both bold and bright, 

"Here is the steed that saved the day. 
By carrying Sheridan into the fight. 

From Winchester, twenty miles away!" 









"Be It said, in letters both bold and bright, 
' Here is the steed that saved the day, 
Bj- carrying Sheridan into the fight, 

From Winchester, twenty miles away !' " 




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